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The jazz tradition by Williams, Martin, 1924-1992

Contents: “…Introduction : a contemporary art -- Jelly Roll Morton : three-minute form -- Louis Armstrong : style beyond style -- Bix Beiderbecke : the white man's burden -- Coleman Hawkins : some comments on a phoenix -- Billie Holiday : actress without an act -- Duke Ellington : form beyond form -- Count Basie and Lester Young : style beyond swing -- Charlie Parker : the burden of innovation -- Thelonius Monk : modern jazz in search of maturity -- John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet : modern conservative -- Sonny Rollins : spontaneous orchestration -- Horace Silver : the meaning of craftsmanship -- Miles Davis : a man walking -- John Coltrane : a man in the middle -- Ornette Coleman : the meaning of innovation.…”

Smithsonian collection of classic jazz Rev. ed. by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Red Hot Peppers (Musical group), Red Onion Jazz Babies, Hot Five, Hot Seven, Blue Note Jazzmen (Musical group : Art Hodes), Louis Armstrong Orchestra, Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, Five Pennies (Musical group), Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Benny Goodman Trio, Coleman Hawkins Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins Quartet, Billie Holiday Orchestra, Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, Gene Krupa Orchestra, Chocolate Dandies (Benny Carter), Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Hot Club de France. Quintette, Count Basie Orchestra, Benny Goodman Sextet, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet, Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet, Charlie Parker's Reboppers, Jazz at the Philharmonic (Musical group), Charlie Parker Quintet, Charlie Parker All Stars, Bud Powell Trio, Dexter Gordon Quartet, Tadd Dameron Sextet, Lennie Tristano Quintet, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk Quintet, Horace Silver Quintet, Gil Evans Orchestra, Charles Mingus Quintet, Modern Jazz Quartet, Sonny Rollins + 4., Sonny Rollins Quartet, Wes Montgomery Quartet, Miles Davis Sextet, Bill Evans Trio, Cecil Taylor Unit, John Coltrane Quartet, Ornette Coleman Quartet, Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, World Saxophone Quartet